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Pasture sector facing profitable changes

Dalla ready to hit world stage

Grain industry blueprint given govt support

Satellite launch set to improve weather forecasting

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Last call for Australian farming legends

Celebrating outstanding achievements of those making a significant contribution to Australian agriculture

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Can Grain Prices Keep Going Higher?

Sponsored content: With Australian wheat and barley production down in the most recent harvest, what factors are set to influence our grain prices in the near future?

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Cold snap bites hard with coldest temps in decades recorded

Australia has endured its first cold snap this year, with a persistent high pressure system leading to some freezing overnight temperatures.

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Future of farming must be built on different thinking

In this week's The Gauge, Peter Mailler ponders the risky nature of modern farming.

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Sheep

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Lamb market soars as key price indicator nears 900c barrier

The Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator is threatening to bust through the 900 cents mark for the first time.

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Sheep studs open gates on day 10 of Sheep Week

See all the photos from day 10 of Sheep Week here.

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Levy push for SA Dog Fence upgrades

A temporary industry levy is being considered by SA's livestock industry to raise the $5m it needs to contribute to the $25m upgrade of the SA Dog Fence.

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Polwarth breed celebrates its long history

This year marks 100 years since the Polwarth Sheep Breeders Association of Australia was officially formed.

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Dry dents SA's lambing rates

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Merino rams not afraid of double dipping

Turns out Merino ewes don't mess around.

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AWI delays tenure vote for another year and revamps consultation

AWI has published its strategic plan for the next three years, which included a move to replace the Industry Consultative Committee.

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Beef

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Climate: Don't blame cattle

Foregoing meat and meat products is not the environmental panacea many would have us believe says this US academic.

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Argentina's feedlot challenge

Australian beef producers gained an invaluable insight into the South American feedlot sector.

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Two bulls make $10,000 each

Red Angus bulls and females head to five states.

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Phoenix to replace dam

The Simmental breed found strong support for bulls and females at its third Dubbo National show and sale.

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The Coopers Couch

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Coopers Couch E4: The tougher the season, the higher the potential for scours

Sponsored Content: Calf scours costs the industry more than $23 million per year. Vet Steph Bullen explains how you can protect your herd.

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The Coopers Couch E5: Lice eating away at profits

Sheep lice may be tiny but the financial burden they place upon the industry is gargantuan. With a cool dry season almost upon us, producers cannot afford to ignore this bio-security threat.

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The Coopers Couch E3: Ongoing dry creates the perfect storm for Pinkeye

Sponsored content: Cases of pinkeye are on the rise across the country due to the dry and dusty conditions bought on by drought, but there is a solution.

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Technology on hand to make better choices

ROBOTIC technologies can do more than reduce labour hours, they can also aid in better decisions, a visiting US professor says.

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Pasture sector facing profitable changes

WITHIN the next four years, dairyfarmers could be receiving an extra $300 for each cow, each year, by making improvements in grazing.

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Lino says one year to get Aus right

Lino Saputo Jr. says he needs another 500 million litres of milk in the next financial year to make Saputo's Australian operations perform.

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Failed dairy giant Murray Goulburn settles class action

Milk processor agrees to pay $42 million.

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Grass growing key message at dairy day | PHOTOS

PASTURES - how to grow them and how to make the most of them - was the major topic at the DairySA Innovation Day, held yesterday in the South East.

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Agribusiness

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Boxed meat exports hit record $4.34 billion in first four months of 2019

Exports of boxed beef passed the $4 billion mark for the first time in the first four months of the year.

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Buyers hungry for Freedom's dairy nutritional products

Freedom Foods has signed a long term agreement to supply lactoferrin to a global pharmaceutical company

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Carbon abatement a blunt instrument

David Littleproud opens the Australian Farm Institute's climate focused conference

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China bans Canadian meat imports over forgery allegations

China has banned all meat imports from Canada as relations between the two countries worsen.

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Darby Munro designed Mount Tarampa home sold | Video

A Darby Munro designed home on Watsons Road at Mount Tarampa has sold.

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Veggies are the new black - and they may just save the world

Aussies are loving their vegetables, according to Adam Liaw's data analysis.

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Gold Coast's Bonnie Doon auction on August 2 | Video

One of the Gold Coasts Hinterland's best-known farms is on the market, to be auctioned on August 2.

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Sheep studs open gates on day 10 of Sheep Week

See all the photos from day 10 of Sheep Week here.

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Darby Munro designed Mount Tarampa home sold | Video

A Darby Munro designed home on Watsons Road at Mount Tarampa has sold.

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Veggies are the new black - and they may just save the world

Aussies are loving their vegetables, according to Adam Liaw's data analysis.

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Knowledge gained at N fixation workshop | PHOTOS

Producers converged on University of Adelaide's Waite campus on Monday to attend a GRDC workshop presenting the latest research and updates on nitrogen fixation.

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Gold Coast's Bonnie Doon auction on August 2 | Video

One of the Gold Coasts Hinterland's best-known farms is on the market, to be auctioned on August 2.

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Opinion

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Future of farming must be built on different thinking

In this week's The Gauge, Peter Mailler ponders the risky nature of modern farming.

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Ag looks risky to those on the outside

Many farmers I know believe they are risk averse, but quite a few people outside agriculture tend to think the opposite.

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What we can learn from smart Israel's ag challenges

Israel's challenges drive its agricultural sector to do more with less

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Trigger maps: Qld farmers devastated after property sale falls through

Farmers Bill and Sue Blakeney are devastated after the sale of their property fell because of the Palaszczuk government's trigger mapping.

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Gowrie offered with prolific buffel grass

The Mobbs family's noted 29,775 hectare Charleville property Gowrie Station is being offered with prolific buffel grass.

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NT station offered with 12,000 cattle

The 447,500 hectare Daly Waters cattle property Murranji Station is being offered with 12,000 cattle.

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Forest Hill passed in

Barcaldine property Forest Hill was passed in on a vendor bid of $1.3 million at an Elders auction.

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Machinery

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Quad bike safety concerns rising

Quad bike rollover protection vital, says BlazeAid founder.

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Children and quads a toxic mix

Paediatric trauma surgeon calls for age based ban, preventing children from using quad bikes

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Spreader trends are variable

Eastern Spreaders seeing rise in variable rate spreaders

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More farmers are looking to spread manure

Gyral spreaders say farmers after flexibility of product

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Canola given another go as harvest made easy

A machine modification has encouraged the Allen family at Arthurton to increase their area sown to canola.

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Superior spread by the Danes

Bredal spreaders go for premium

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Urea quality impacts spread

AgriSpread give advice for a better spread pattern

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Regional agtech a winner

The AgFronteir agtech incubator has inducted its first group of innovators.

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